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what about the argument that even if we don't have free will, we can't know what we are ''determined'' to do, so we can safely act like we have it. this is similar to what was said about our ignorance being our free will but i was sure you were saying that in the context of society and behavior. is there a name for this "what are you gonna do about it anyway" argument? it is in direct contrast to the totally silly argument that "if we have no free will there is no point in trying". surely there is a huge fallacy in that kind of reasoning ''even if'' we have no free will. if you had a point in trying before you discovered you had no free will, then you should still after you discovered it: it is not that your will-freedom-state changed, but simply your awareness of it. (is it a universal law that once a being discovers he has no free will (if this is indeed the case) that said being invariably becomes fatalistic or hedonistic?) this sounds like a confusion with the issue of meaning/purpose to life (of which free will is in some ways a sub-issue). -[[User:Plasticlax|Plasticlax]]
ps: why is an encyclopedia article coming to a '''conclusion''' about free will?
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